Jingzhou, Jiangxia County.

Sun Jian led more than 50,000 men and horses of the Jiujiang headquarters to fight with Huang Zu, a general under Cai Mao, and fought in the Xunyang and Qichun regions.

The two have been facing each other for more than a month, but they have their own winners and losers.

Although Sun Jian was brave, but Yuan Shu only gave an order, did not give all kinds of materials, and only used the power of Jiujiang to contend with Jingzhou, which made Sun Jian quite powerless.

Huang Zu is inferior to Sun Jian in all aspects, whether it is brave or governing the army, he is a few points behind. However, Huang Zu was cautious in his life, and with Liu Biao's full support, he firmly suppressed Sun Jian in Xunyang and was not allowed to enter Jingzhou.

On this day, Huang Zu received a secret letter from Cai Mao, asking him to keep an eye on Sun Jian, and when Sun Jian returned to help Runan, he would immediately find an opportunity to defeat Sun Jian's army with one blow!

Huang Zu, as a general in Jingzhou, naturally knew that Liu Biao and Cao Ying conspired to seize Yuzhou, and after reading Cai Mao's secret letter, he understood what to do after a turn of thought.

So he ordered his subordinate generals to monitor Sun Jianjun's every move and report back at all times.

There is a general under Huang Zu, named Wei Yan, who is a person from Yiyang.

Wei Yanshi was in the middle of his two years, and he was quite brave and strategic, so he immediately joined the Jingzhou Army nearby, and was assigned to Huang Zu, and became a 100-man general and commanded 100 people.

On this day, when Wei Yan's troops were guarding the Qichun City Gate, Wei Yan was wearing a simple leather armor, pressing the handle of the knife on his waist, walking back and forth at the city gate, and suddenly a scout entered from the city gate, but he was talking.

Wei Yan listened to it, and it turned out that Sun Ce, the son of Sun Jian, had traveled from Jiujiang to Lujiang and Anhui County alone, but it was not a big deal.

Looking at the scout riding by, Wei Yan looked up to the sky and sighed.

"When is it going to be the head?"

He thought about his skills, but he was reduced to guarding the city gates, and he remembered what else could he do but laugh at himself?

If you want to be promoted and make a fortune, you must have great merit, and if you want to have great merit, you have to go to the battlefield. It's a pity that his soldiers and horses are all recruits, where are they qualified to go to the battlefield?

If you are not qualified to go to the battlefield, you will have no chance to make meritorious contributions, and if you do not have military merits, you will not be promoted to an official position and make a fortune. can't be promoted and make a fortune, why did he Wei Yan join the army?

Wei Yan thought to himself, he must find an opportunity to go to the battlefield, kill the generals, capture the flag, and show his skills!

Suddenly, Wei Yan remembered the conversation between the scouts just now.

Sun Ce!

Sun Ce is Sun Jian's precious son, and now the Jingzhou army is confronting Sun Jian, both sides are helpless, if they can catch Sun Ce, they can threaten Sun Jian, then the credit is there

Wei Yan grinned and smiled.

But this matter still needs to be carefully planned.

How can I leave my post without a trace and not be discovered by the officials? How can you hold Sun Ce safely?

You must know that Sun Ce is Sun Jian's son, Sun Jian is known as the Jiangdong Tiger, so Sun Ce's martial arts must not be bad!

Throughout the day, Wei Yan was in a trance.

At the same time, he handed over the defensive task with another part of the army, Wei Yan walked slowly to the barracks, and suddenly a general led more than a dozen personal soldiers to pass by his side, Wei Yan looked up and immediately smiled.

"General Huang! General Huang! Wait! ”

Wei Yan waved his hand and shouted.

The general reined in the war horse, looked back, stroked his beard and smiled: "Wen Chang, what's the matter?" ”

This person's surname is Huang, his name is Zhong, his name is Hansheng, and he is currently a general under Huang Zu.

Wei Yan was looked at differently by Huang Zhong because of his extraordinary martial arts, and because he loved martial arts, he often went to Huang Zhong's mansion to ask him for advice, and the two were also teachers and friends, and they had some relationship.

"General Huang." Wei Yan strode over and saluted respectfully.

For Huang Zhong, Wei Yan admired and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

admired his superb martial arts skills and thanked him for teaching him.

If it weren't for Huang Zhong's teaching, Wei Yan's sword technique would definitely not have improved so quickly!

"General Huang, Yan has something important to ask the general, I don't know"

Huang Zhong bowed his head slightly and said, "You came to my house." ”

"General Xie." Wei Yan hurriedly thanked him.

Huang Zhong smiled slightly, pulled out the horse and left.

Wei Yan followed, and after a while, he arrived at Huang Zhong's mansion.

It's an ordinary yard, not big or small, very old.

Wei Yan was welcomed into the door by Mrs. Huang, and while greeting Mrs. Huang, looking at Mrs. Huang's gloomy face, he said to her, "Is Childe better?" ”

Mrs. Huang shook her head slightly and said, "My son's condition is getting more and more serious."

Wei Yan didn't want to say anything, and followed Mrs. Huang into the house, and was catching up with Huang Zhong, who had taken off his battle robe and changed into ordinary clothes and walked out of the inner room.

"Madam, go buy some wine, I have something to say to Wen Chang."

Huang Zhong commanded.

Mrs. Huang wanted to speak and stopped, but finally walked out without saying anything. There is not much money left in the family, and to maintain the family and see a doctor for her son, it really broke Mrs. Huang's heart.

After Mrs. Huang left, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong sat down opposite each other, and Huang Zhong asked, "I see that you don't belong to your mind, do you have something on your mind that you can talk to me?" ”

Wei Yan didn't hide it, so he said what he thought in his heart.

"If you want to say that I, Wei Yan, I have some skills, but I can't be reused, alas"

Listening to Wei Yan's complaints, Huang Zhong nodded slightly, sighed, and said, "This is also a helpless thing. The Jingzhou army is controlled by General Cai Mao, and it has always been nepotism, and it is naturally difficult for us to be promoted for no reason. ”

Huang Zhong also has a lot of complaints about this.

He has served in the Jingzhou army for several years, and was recruited as a partial general because of his reputation during the suppression of the Yellow Turban.

"Liu Jingzhou is sympathetic to the people, but the military power is sideways, so like this, Jingzhou will become the Cai family's backyard sooner or later."

Huang Zhong said without hesitation.

Wei Yan nodded repeatedly.

"What you just said, I think about it, it is possible to succeed, but the probability is not very high. But since you want to do it, I won't force it, I'll give you ten days, and within these ten days, I'll cover up the matter of guarding the city gate. But if it takes more than 10 days, I'm afraid there will be big trouble. There have been some changes in the army in the past two days, and I think something big will happen in the future, so if you don't come back in ten days, don't come back, and go elsewhere. ”

Wei Yan listened to Huang Zhong's advice and was very grateful, at this time, Mrs. Huang also bought the wine back, and after a drink between the two, Wei Yan said goodbye and left.

While walking, I also heard the conversation of Huang Zhong and his wife in the house:

"Hansheng, do you know that there is not much money left at home?"

"Yes."

"Do you know that Xu'er's life is on the line?"

"Yes."

"Do you know the famous doctor Youzhou?"

"Yes."

"Then why don't you want to give up this Laoshzi and go to Youzhou with my mother and son to seek medical treatment? Do you want to die? ”

Inside the house, there was a faint sound of low crying.

Wei Yan felt a pang in his heart, it was not a taste

Cao Ying's army went south out of Chen County, and within less than half a day, he connected three cities, and under the surprise of Yuan Shu's defenders, he captured Nanton!

At the same time, the Wenpin army went from west to east, out of Ye County, connected two cities, and captured Yan County.

At the same time, Cai Mao, the general of Jingzhou, went from south to north, made a new breath, connected two cities, and captured Xincai.

The three-way army is in a semi-encircled state, pointing directly at the capital of Runan, Pingyu!

Yuan Shu was about to watch the good show of the Qingzhou War, but the battle broke out in all directions, and Pingyu was almost surrounded in an instant, and he couldn't help but be frightened.

"How is it good? How is it good? Damn Cao Apu, damn Liu Jingsheng! ”

Yuan Shu was very anxious, walking back and forth, scolding nonstop.

Under the hall, Yuan Lian, Yang Hong, Yan Xiang, Yuan Yin and other cadres; Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Chen Ji, Lei Shu, Yang Feng, Chen Lan, Le Zhu, Han Hao and other generals. The military generals gathered together.

"My lord." Yuan Jian stood up and said in a deep voice: "The only plan for today is to try to keep Cao Ying and Liu Biao's three-way army out of peace, otherwise"

Yuan Lian didn't say anything, but everyone understood.

Yuan Shu was extravagant and skillful, and most of the resources of the entire Yuzhou and Yangzhou were concentrated by him in Pingyu.

If the peace is broken and the materials are taken away, Yuan Shu will be finished in an instant.

As long as these materials are still there, no matter how big the loss is, it can gradually ease up.

"Okay, you say, how to resist the enemy!?"

"First of all, the lord must send a general to divide his troops into three ways to keep the enemy out of the door." Yan Xiang stood up at this time and said, "You can send General Ji Ling to lead an army of 100,000 to block Cao Ying; Zhang Xun, Chen Lan, and Le led 80,000 troops to block Wenpin; The three generals Chen Ji, Lei Shu, and Yang Feng led 50,000 troops to block Cai Mao! The remaining General Han Hao led the remaining troops to protect Pingyu. ”

"Why is it so distributed?" Yuan Shu said: "Cao Mengde only has 50,000 horses, but he needs 100,000 troops to block it; And Cai Mao has 80,000 horses, but why is he blocked with 50,000 people? ”

"How can Cao Mengde be underestimated? The lord has been with him for many years, and he should know him very well! Yan Xiang said.

"Yes, that's good!" Yuan Shu woke up: "But that's the case!" ”

Immediately, Yuan Shu ordered, and the generals led their troops and horses, rushed out of Pingyu, and blocked the enemy army.

After the generals left, Yan Xiang said again: "Lord, although we believe in the generals, we can't prepare a back road, just in case. Yan Xiang said: "It is only right to send General Han Hao to lead his troops to immediately transfer materials." ”

"Transferring supplies?" Yuan Shu pondered: "Makes sense! But where to transfer? ”

"Shouchun!"

Yan Xiang, Yuan Lian, and Yang Hong glanced at each other and spoke at the same time.

"Okay, let's transfer to Shouchun." A big stone fell from Yuan Shu's heart, and he said in a high-sounding manner: "General Ben (Yuan Shu is the rear general) will personally escort it!" ”

Yan Xiang opened his mouth to stop him, but was stopped by Yuan Lian's eyes.

Although they knew that Yuan Shu's retreat would affect morale, but now Yuan Shu was almost frightened, and now if someone stopped him from going to Shouchun, I am afraid that in his opinion, it would be tantamount to blocking his way of life, and it really would not end well.

Yuan Jian knew Yuan Shu's surname very well, and immediately stopped Yan Xiang. Yan Xiang sighed and said no more.

Yang Hong opened his mouth at this time: "Since the lord personally escorts the transport, it should be foolproof. However, for the sake of safety, it is necessary to recall a guard. ”

"Who?" Yuan Shudao. The generals under his command have all assigned tasks, is there still forgetting?

Yan Xiang and Yuan Lian glanced at each other, and suddenly understood in their hearts.

"Sun Jian." Yang Hong returned: "Sun Jian is known as the Jiangdong Tiger, with extraordinary martial arts and outstanding military strategies, and he is the best candidate to protect the lord." ”

"No!"

Yan Xiang hurriedly stood up and stopped: "Lord, Sun Jian has different intentions, so he can't be entrusted with a heavy task!" ”

When Yuan Shu heard this, his face changed, and he looked at Yang Hong's gaze, a little cold.

For Sun Jian, he has always been on guard, when the water was closed, he refused to send grain and grass, and Sun Jian lost his troops, Sun Jian hated him, and he was also afraid of Sun Jian. At this time, Yang Hong actually asked him to recall Sun Jian as a guard, in case Sun Jian betrayed, wouldn't that be a sheep into the tiger's mouth?

"Humph!" Yuan Shu snorted coldly, making Yang Hong tremble in fright, and his face turned pale.

"This is only once, if there is a next time, you will be killed!" Yuan Shu snorted coldly and said, "Summon, summon Sun Jian back to the army, and let him cooperate with Chen Ji and the other three to stop Cai Mao, there must be no mistake!" ”

(To be continued)